Hi Martin: > >>Can't do that... my wife just adopted a rabbit (and a 3rd cat, but I >>guess the cat could care less about carrots). > >OK, totally off-topic but the differences between languages fascinate me. >In UK English the phrase is "could NOT care less about....."
As Chris observed, in North America both expressions are used but usually with different tones - "I could care less" is used ironically and the other is a straightforward statement. Not sure why, really, but I find the illogical but sardonic version much stronger. Tannis ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
